SII 12.86: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 86. (A.R. No. 31 of 1912). SATYAVĒḌU, PONNERI TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A STONE LYING IN THE COURTYARD OF THE MĀTAṄGĒŚVARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription, dated in the 4th year of Aparājitavarman, registers a gift of the village Tuṟaiyūr including its income in gold and puravu for conducting worship in the temple of Mahādēva at Tirumataṅgaṉpaḷḷi¹ in Tekkūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Paiyyūr-Iḷaṅkōṭṭam, by Kumārandai Kuṟumbarādittan² alias Kāḍupaṭṭippēraraiyaṉ who is stated to have belonged to Śēra-nāḍu.

The term puravu³ may be explained as a tax on land, which was collected either in kind or coin (cf. puravu-poṉ: S.I.I. Vol. II, p. 512). A special department called puravuvari-tiṇaikkaḷam seems to have managed its collection. Tuṟaiyūr which is said to have been situated in Tekkūr-nāḍu may be identified with the village of the same name in the Madurantakam taluk of the Chingleput district.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||]
⟨2⟩ kova⟨pa⟩rāyitapaṟmaṟku yāṇ-
⟨3⟩ ṭu nālāvatu paiyyūriḷaṅ-
⟨4⟩ koṭṭattut tekkūrnāṭ-
⟨5⟩ ṭut tirumataṅkaṉpaḷ-
⟨6⟩ ḷi mahādevaṟku Innāṭ-
⟨7⟩ ṭut tuṟaiyūrp (po)ṉṉu-
⟨8⟩ m puravum maṭaṅka Arccanā-
⟨9⟩ bhogamākak kuṭutteṉ
⟨10⟩ ceranāṭuṭaiya kumāran-
⟨11⟩ tai kuṟumparātittanāki-
⟨12⟩ ya kāṭupaṭṭip perarai-
⟨13⟩ yaṉeṉ [|] Ittaṉma-
⟨14⟩ m rakṣittā ṉaṭi yeṉ
⟨15⟩ ṟa laimalaṉa [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.86 by Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Pages 36–37, item 86.

Notes

1. For place-names ending with paḷḷi, having Jaina associations, cf. Tiruchchināppaḷḷi, Tirukkāṭṭāmpaḷḷi etc. Probably Tirumataṅgaṉpaḷḷi also was once a Jaina centre.
2. The titles Kuṟumbarādittan ‘the Sun among the Kuṟumbas’ and Kāḍupaṭṭippēraraiyaṉ given to the chief show that he had some connection with the Pallavas.
3. With Puravu compare the term Iravu; S.I.I., Vol. III., p. 291, ll. 130-31.

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